Thursday, October 18, 2012

Peek in my windows...

Cathedral windows, that is. This technique has been on my mental to-do list for a long time, but seeing Amy's small wall hanging in the Dots on Dots blog hop a few weeks ago really catapulted the idea to the top of my list!
And then I heard about Pellon's Cathedral Window Quiltalong. Perfect!
I love the look of cathedral windows with a solid background, like the gray in Amy's piece, but I promised myself I would do this quiltalong completely from my stash (which is not very solid-y. I tend to use solids up as they come in the door!).

So I pulled out a stash of red, black and white fat quarters, from Red Rooster Fabrics' Mango Tango and Paparazzi collections. (This isn't all of them--I was so eager to start my blocks that I made the first couple before taking this photo.)

I am loving trying out all these variations of Cathedral Window blocks! You can find links to all of the blocks here; two new blocks will be posted each week through the end of the month.

The first block uses four of these quarter blocks:


First I put them together like the original pattern:
But I decided it was too dense in the middle. 

So I rotated the quarter blocks instead to get this:

The second block, which is woven strips:

And a close-up:

I'm having fun...more blocks to come as I finish them!

p.s. Linking up with Confessions of a Fabric Addict's Can I get a whoop whoop? today!


5 comments:

  1. Beautiful, I like the way you rotated the 1st block, very nice!

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  2. Ooh - I love the woven strips. Is it as difficult to do as it looks?

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  3. I also like the first block after the rotation. The woven strips is great too. Red, black and white are my favorite color combination.

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  4. Lovely fabric combination. The woven block is great.

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  5. Looking good. I agree with how you rotated the first block. I have always wanted to do a traditional cathedral windows, too. I am doing a spin off of cathedral windows. It's called secret garden. Someday, I'll do a real cathedral windows.

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